Leonard Crunelle, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLeonard Crunelle
American artist
Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1872
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1944
Profession: sculptor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Leonard Crunelle
- Leonard Crunelle (July 8, 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais – 1944) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.
- Cruelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois. Lorado Taft discovered him as a youth and brought him to Chicago where he was an apprentice to the sculptors decorating the 1893 World's Fair Horticultural Exhibit.
- He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.
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